Text-only version of this email
NURSING.com,
Life is not a race.
We all have different starting points. We all have different ending points, and we're just crossing paths for a moment.
So don't get yourself stuck thinking that life is a race.
And I want to share one quote with you. This is from an Olympian in the 1968 Mexico Olympics. His name was John Stephen Akhwari.
R thought of quitting . . Life Is Not A ,?" Race e \"m
He was a marathoner from Tanzania, and he showed up to run the marathon at this 1968 Olympics. So all these Olympic world athlete
marathoners take off and they finish in about two hours.
After a couple hours, all the fans think the race is over. They think all the marathoners have finished. A couple hours later,
another marathoner comes stumbling into the stadium.
It was John Stephen Akhwari . His leg was bandaged, he was limping, the sun was going down, and most of the fans had already
left.
But one cameraman pointed his camera at this runner who was and captured him stumble across the finish line.
When asked why he continued to run the race with no possible chance of winning - he said:
"My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race, they sent me 5,000 miles to finish the race."
You guys, you're not racing other people. This is about you. This is about YOUR journey. Let go of everybody else and stop
comparing yourself.
Happy Nursing!
-Jon
NURSING.com, 11918 Division Street #2114, PORTLAND, Oregon 97266, United States
Show all